ON the AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 23, 19 April 1927, Page 4

ON the AIR

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NEW ZEALAND PROGRAMMES New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follows: IYA (AUCKLAND), 420 metres, 500 watts. This evening’s programme is as follows: 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert. 6.30 p.m. to 7 p.m., children’s session, Aunt Betty. 7.15 p.m., talk by Mr. Mahoney on “Wireless..’’ 7.30 p.m. to 7.45 p.m., news and reports, etc. S p.m. to 10 p.m., chimes; relay of orchestral selections from the Majestic Theatre, conductor Mr. Fred Mumford; quartette, “Miss Hannah,’’ Lyric Quartette; humour, “Monty,” Mr. A. McElwain; tenor solo, “The Pagan,” Mr. H. Richards; soprano solo, “Love’s a Merchant,” Miss A. McGruer; quartette, “Reveries,” Lyric Quartette; humour, Mr. A. McElwain; trio, “Bohemian Girl,” Miss A. McGruer and Messrs. A. H. Ripley and E. Thomas. Interval. Relay of orchestial selections from the Majestic Theatre; quartette, “A Sailor’s Chorus,” Quartette; bass solo, “Stone Cracker John,” Mr. E. Thomas; tenor solo, “My Dreams,” Mr. H. Richards; soprano solo, “The Kerry Dance,” Miss A. McGruer; sketch, “Mrs. Brown at the Play,” Mr. A. McElwain; vocal duet, selected, Messrs. Richards and Thomas; tenor solo, “Boat Song,” Mr. A. H. Ripley; quartette, “When Evening’s Twilight,” Lyric Quartette. At the piano, Mrs. A. H. Ripley. 4Y4 (DUNEDIN), 380 metres, 750 watts. This evening’s programme is as follows:

3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., chimes, “His Master’s Voice” recital, address by Miss M. Puechegud on “Interior Decoration,” studio numbers, social notes, book talk by Mr. PI. Greenwood (librarian, Dunedin Athenaeum), “His Master’s Voice” recital. 7 p.m., chimes, children’s session, Aunt Diana. 7.30 p.m., news and reports, etc. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., chimes; vocal solos, (a) “A Farewell” (Liddell), (b) “The White Throat” (Brake), Miss M. Bills; saxophone solo, selected, Mr. M. Horn; vocal solos, (a) “Oh, No, John!” (b) “Since First I Met You” (Ford), Miss C. Green; violin solos, (a) “O Star of Eve” (Wagner), (b) “Legendi” (Wieniavsti), Mr. A. J. Frye; reading from Shakespeare, Mr. J. E. Winsloe; saxophone solo, selected, Mr. M. Horn; clarionet solo, selected, Rev. G. E. Moretpn; vocal solos, (a) “Darley Dale” (Rowley), (b) “The Three Foxes,” (Simpson), Miss C. Green; violin solo, “Tarantelle” (Coleridge-Taylor), Mr. A. J. Frye; saxophone solo, selected, Mr. M. Horn; clarionet solo, selected, Rev. G. E. Moreton. 2YK (WELLINGTON), 295 metres, 120 watts. There will be no transmission this evening. ACROSS THE TASMAN Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follows: 3LO (MELBOURNE), 371 metres, 5,000 watts. This evening’s programme is as follows: 5.40 p.m., children’s hour, answers to letters and birthday grettings. 5.55 p.m., studio orchestra. 6.02 p.m., “Mary Gumleaf.” 6.12 p.m., Elsie Davies, soprano. 6.19 p.m., “Mary Gumleaf.” 6.35 p.m., news, etc. 7.15 p.m., R.A.C.V. 7.30 p.m., university ext. 7.45 p.m., Mr. Clooombe, “Cameos,” a thrilling narrative. 8 p.m., Dr. Brooke Nichols, “A Miniature Concert.” 8.15 p.m., Malvern Tramways Band. 5.25 p.m., Colin Crane, baritone. 8.32 p.m., Elsa Lewis, violin. 8.40 p.m., Malvern Tramways Band. 8.50 p.m., Colin Crane, baritone. 8.32, Elsa Lewis, violin 8.40, Malvern Tramways Band. 5.50, Colin Crane, baritone. 8.57 p.m., “A Pianoforte Recital,” Mr. Harold Elvins. 9.27 p.m., Vaudeville, Malvern Tramways Band. 9.37 p.m. u Arthur Douglas, Scotch comedian. 9.44 p.m., Elsa Lewis, violin. 9.50 p.m., Malvern Tramways Band. 9.55 p.m., Syd. Beck, comedian. 10.02 p.m., news. 10.12 p.m., Malvern Tramways Band. “We Serenade.” 10.22 p.m., Huxham’s Serenaders.” 10.45 p.m., Malvern Tramways Band. 10.50 p.m., news. 11 p.m., “Our Great Thought.” 11.01 p.m., Joe Aronson. 11.40 p.m., close down. 2EL (SYDNEY), 353 metres, 1,500 watts. The programme is as follows: Early evening session.—s.4s p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes. 5.46 p.m., Uncle George and the kiddies. 6 p.m., the pupils of Miss Monica Scully will entertain the kiddies. 6.40 p.m., musical pro-

gramme from the studio. Special country session.—7 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company’s report; weather repoi't, by courtesy of Government Meteorologist; Producers’ Distributing Society’s fruit and vegetable market report; Stock Exchange reports; grain and fodder report, dairy produce report (“Sun”). 7.15 p.m., country news from the “Sun.” 7.30 p.m., talk on the “Motor-car,” by Mr. Martin. 8 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes, broadcasters’ topical chorus. 8.3 p.m., Broadcasters’ miniature orchestra, under the direction of Mr. J. Knight Barnett. 8.13 p.m., Madame Phyllis Howe (soprano). 8.20 p.m., Miss C. L. Robertson (elocutionist). 8.28 p.m., Mr. R. A. Morris (baritone). 8.37 plm., Miss Beryl Scott (songs at the piano). 5.41 p.m., Morris and Charlton (duets). 8.59 p.m., resume of following day’s programme; weather report, by courtesy of Government Meteorologist. 9 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; announcements. 9.5 p.m., Broadcasters’ miniature orchestra. 9.15 p.m., Miss Madge Hellmrich (contralto). 9.23 p.m., Mr. Stanley. R. Catlett (tenor). 9.29 p.m., Miss C. L. Robertson. 9.37 p.m., Madame Phyllis Howe. 9.44 p.m., Broadcasters’ miniature orchestra. 9.54 p.m., Mr. Robert A. Morris. 10.1 p.m., Miss Beryl Scott. 10.8 p.m., Miss Madge Hellmrich. 10.15 p.m., Mr. Stanley R. Catlett. 10.23 p.m., Ambassadors’ orchestra, broadcast from the ballroom of the Ambassadors; during the intervals between dances, news reports by courtesy of the “Sun.” 11 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes, National Anthem. NOTES Exceptionally good concert programmes from 2FC Sydney and 2BL Sydney were broadcast last evening. Atmospheric conditions were quite good, and above the usual standard. RADIO WINS AGAIN

At the beginning of March huge bush fires raged throughout certain parts of Victoria and Queensland. The Joss of life and property was severe, but, thanks to radio, piany tragedies were averted, and considerable expense was saved. The Melbourne station broadcast an appeal for volunteer fire-fighters, and within but a few minutes a crowd of motorists were making. their way to police headquarters, offering their aid, with the result that the fires were checked- in dozens of places. But this was not all. Fires, cyclones, and torrential rain were sweeping across Queensland. The telegraph service all over the country was broken down, or badly disarranged, so that any communication was extremely difficult, and often impossible. The main lines from Brisbane to the North Queensland districts, where the most serious havoc was wrought, were completely disorganised, and no communication could, be obtained either way. Amateur radio was asked by the Telegraph Department to fill the gap. Immediately a number of Brisbane amateurs attempted to “raise” North Queensland’s amateurs. The most successful was 4AN Brisbane, who raised 4BW,> of Mareeba. For hours these two young fellows carried on speedy two-way communication, but at last 4BW’s aerial sailed away in the cyclone. But he was not beaten, for he hastily erected a small 6-foot mast, and away he. went again, harder than ever. Mr. A. Couper, of 4BW, had to work with poor batteries, hardly any aerial system to speak of, and with harsh static and fading to cap the lot. Mr. L. Gibson, of 4AN, received and copied down thousands of words of press, private, and relief work until the lines were repaired. No curtailing of amateur transmitters over there—they are recognised as too valuable. SINGLE CONTROL

Many of the later and more expensive receivers have “single control,” that is, two or more tuned circuits are tuned by one dial. All the tuning condensers may be on one shaft, or the several condensers may be geared together. To have a successful single control of this kind, the condensers must be accurately matched, and so must the coils *vhich they tune. So much emphasis has been laid upon the difficulty of matching These parts that many set-builders hesitate about tackling the arrangements for fear of failure, and the writer was long among the dubious. However, a pair of condensers on one shaft looked very tempting, and though the salesman quite frankly sgid he would not guarantee that they were-matched properly, they were bought. The original condensers in the set were removed, but the coils, having been obtained as matched (designed for a nehtrodyne receiver) were retained. A geared dial was attached to the condeni ser shaft. From the moment of completion the set worked like a charm Provision was made for a small “balancing” condenser to be used in case the pair were not properly matched, -but it was not necessary, and the comfort of using a single dial, which can be calibrated to a fraction of a degree, is more than sufficient recompense for the expense and trouble involved. The match-

ing difficulties of which the various zine articles said so much failed appear. U.S.A. BROADCAST STATIONS. A number of listeners are turning their attention to American broadcasts. The following larger stations will therefore prove of interest; — .... KDKA.-East Pittsburg* Po.. 3031 metres, variable high power. KFAB.- Lincoln, Neb., 340.7 metres, 1000 watts. KFI.—Los Angeles, Calif., 468.5 metres, 4000 watts. . . A<Wl KFKX.—Hastings, 288.3 metres, watts. KGO.—Oakland, Calif., 361.2 metres, 4000 watts. • KMOX.—Kirkwood. Mo., 280.2 metres, 1500 watts. * / KOA—Denver, Colo, 333.4 metres. 5000 watts. y -v/w) KYW.—Chicago, 535 4 metres, WBAL.—Baltimore, 246 metre*. S(IM watts. wa *ts WBAP.—Texas, 476 metres. 1000 VVBZ.—Springfield. 331 metre*. s<,uu WCBD.—Zion, 344 6 metres, 5000 WCCD.-Minn., 416.4 metres, 0000 weyWCX.—Pontiac, 516.9 metres, watts. cftOO WEAF.—New York, 491.5 metres, watts. •«no WJ3BH.—Chicago, 370 metres. watts. i*oo WGHP.—Detroit, 270 metres. WGY.—Schenectady, N.Y., 379.5 meb** 8 * 5000 watt*. „ \ WHO.—lowa, 526 metres, 500 * „ “ siO* WHT.—Deerfield. 238 me tree, ’ WJAZ—Mount Prospect, 322-4 m«tf*i 1500 watts. .... w ,tt* W.IR Pontiac, 316.9 metres, 5000 WBIB.— Elgin, 111.. 302.8 metres, «"T watts. , . . In addition to these high-po*eL r stations, there are about 30 to watt*, tions all working on at least 1 i# many of which have often been x* New Zealand.